{"id":2595183,"date":"2026-04-26T00:19:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/correspondents-dinner-gunman-believed-to-be-guest-at-dc-hotel-where-event-was-held\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:19:42","slug":"correspondents-dinner-gunman-believed-to-be-guest-at-dc-hotel-where-event-was-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/correspondents-dinner-gunman-believed-to-be-guest-at-dc-hotel-where-event-was-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Correspondents&#8217; dinner gunman believed to be guest at DC hotel where event was held"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcorrespondents-dinner-gunman-believed-to-be-guest-at-dc-hotel-where-event-was-held%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595183&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-walmart-mass-shooter-had-manifesto-on-phone\/\" title=\"Virginia Walmart Mass Shooter Had Manifesto on Phone\">gunman believed<\/a> to be staying at the Washington Hilton-the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-seal-sets-dem-reverend-straight-after-he-mocked-armed-churchgoers\/\" title=\"Former SEAL Sets Dem Reverend Straight After He Mocked Armed Churchgoers\">opened fire<\/a> outside the main ballroom. During the event on Saturday night, the suspect charged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-inaugural-like-baghdad-green-zone-red-zone-military-checkpoints-to-enter-and-leave-downtown-d-c-bridges-into-city-to-be-closed\/\" title=\"Biden Inaugural Like Baghdad: Green Zone, Red Zone, Military Checkpoints to Enter and Leave Downtown D.C., Bridges Into City to Be Closed\">security checkpoint<\/a> and shot a Secret Service agent in the hotel lobby before being apprehended.the incident prompted Trump administration officials and their families to be escorted out of the ballroom and thousands of attendees to take cover; the annual dinner was later canceled and will be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Police Chief Jeff Carroll, alongside U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Mayor Muriel bowser, and federal officials, said the widely identified suspect, Cole tomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Los Angeles, fired a shotgun at the agent and was then chased, with an exchange of gunfire before he was tackled and handcuffed. The agent, wearing a protective vest, was hospitalized but is reported to be in good spirits. Allen was also hospitalized. Police said they found a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives on him, and secured a room connected to his presence at the hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Allen faces two federal charges: using a firearm during a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer. It remains unclear whether he was targeting Trump, though Carroll noted the president was at the event at the time, and he said Allen was not previously known to D.C.police.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shootings\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/shootings\">gunman<\/a> who opened fire outside the main ballroom of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\">White House<\/a> correspondents\u2019 dinner is currently believed to be a guest at the Washington Hilton, the hotel where the event was being held.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday night, a gunman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4543368\/man-charged-security-checkpoint-shot-secret-service-agent-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump\/\">charged<\/a> a security checkpoint and shot a Secret Service agent in the lobby of the hotel, before being apprehended. The shooting led to Trump administration officials and their families to be frantically <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543285\/shooting-reported-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">escorted<\/a> out of the ballroom, as well as thousands of attendees taking cover below tables. The annual dinner was later canceled and will be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4543438\/correspondents-dinner-gunman-dc-hotel-guest\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Correspondents\u2019 dinner gunman believed to be guest at DC hotel where event was held<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4543368\/man-charged-security-checkpoint-shot-secret-service-agent-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Man charged security checkpoint and shot Secret Service agent at White House correspondents\u2019 dinner: Trump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4542720\/dc-dot-mistakenly-displayed-australian-flag-ahead-king-charles-trip-washington\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC mistakenly displayed Australian flag instead of Union Jack ahead of Charles visit<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>D.C. Police chief Jeff Carroll revealed new details about the shooting in a press conference on Saturday night, alongside U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, Mayor Muriel Bowser, and FBI and Secret Service officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The suspect, who has been widely identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Los Angeles, California, charged the security checkpoint, shooting the agent with a shotgun. Agents then discharged their weapons and pursued Allen, exchanging gunfire and later tackling and handcuffing him.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service agent was wearing a protective vest and was hospitalized. He is in \u201cgood spirits,\u201d according to Carroll. Allen was not struck by gunfire but was also hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>Agents found on Allen the shotgun, one handgun, and \u201cmultiple\u201d knives. He is also believed to be a guest at the hotel and a room in the hotel has now been secured, Carroll said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4543368\/man-charged-security-checkpoint-shot-secret-service-agent-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump\/\">MAN CHARGED SECURITY CHECKPOINT AND SHOT SECRET SERVICE AT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS\u2019 DINNER: TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pirro said Allen is facing two charges, specifically using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll also said it is unclear whether Allen was allegedly \u201ctargeting\u201d Trump, though he acknowledged the president\u2019s presence at the event at the time of the shooting. Carroll added that he was not on the D.C.\u2019s police\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspect in White House dinner shooting believed staying at Washington Hilton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2595184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273150920.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[78594,4133,69545],"class_list":["post-2595183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-court-documents-2","tag-news","tag-washington-dc-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273150920.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595183"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595187,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595183\/revisions\/2595187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}